Thus by the time that Columbus sailed, it is safe to say that the Slave trade was well established in South America. ... The family was, for the first time, able to be seen as an Economic Unit. ... Parents want to make sure that their son or daughter marries someone above the class they are in and even though the couple might not be in love with each other they brought prosperity to the family. ... Small independent farmers and ranchers became dependent on the labor of wives and daughters. ... Obviously, the women at this time had it quite hard. ...

• Word Count: 2711
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography

The darkest parts of U.S. history lies in the time of slavery. The worst examples of humanity can be seen during this time period. ... A few years after the birth of their first comes their daughter Louisa Matilda, born in 1833. ... Child was thought to be the author at the time because many did not believe a slave could speak and write as sophisticatedly as Jacobs since she was a former slave who lacked a formal education. ... While working, she and her daughter Louisa Matilda opened up a school in Virginia, and Jacobs runs a boarding home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ...

• Word Count: 2508
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Although the forms of slavery have evolved since Wilberforce's time, there is still an issue remaining throughout the United States and internationally. ... Prostitutes are released back into the streets in no time after paying the fines. ...

• Word Count: 2641
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Some individuals have a difficult time freeing themselves from there abuser. ... Taj had witnessed the deaths of friends and family, He was only seven years old at the time. as was asked to kill other soildiers and civilians. ... People often have a hard time associating children with violence. ...

• Word Count: 5222
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

She was the daughter of Isaac and Betsy Bailey, both colored, and quite dark. ... From that time on, "I engaged in pleading the cause of my brethren---with what success, and with what devotion, I leave those acquainted with my labors to decide" (Douglass 80). ...

• Word Count: 5595
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The words of Prince exemplify the importance of the woman's voice in the anti-slavery campaign, while the controversy over her moral credibility challenges the principles of English society at that time. ... By the time of the History's publication, a substantial number of organizations were founded that protested slavery in England. ... Through it all, she tells her story in such earnest that modern readers can almost hear abolitionists and colonialists of Prince's time gasping, "It wasn't that bad, was it?... At the same time, her refusal to completely disregard the truth...

• Word Count: 3051
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The time it was published in was a very difficult period of American history, namely the period of Post-Reconstruction. ... Two elements from the time of Reconstruction and Post- Reconstruction were the so called Jim Crow Laws meant to segregate Whites from Blacks and the Order of the Ku Klux Klan, which maintained white supremacy through terror. However, the setting of the novel was in 1830, a period called "Ante Bellum-, which was the time before Civil War and the time of slavery. ... As he isn't recognised as a lawyer in this town, he spends most of his time...

• Word Count: 3258
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Judith Thurman writes, ""Beloved" meanders through time, sometimes circling back, other times moving vertically, spirally out of time and down into space." ... The song that Sethe sings to her children becomes a focal point of Sethe's eventual recognition of her lost daughter, "I made that song up," said Sethe. ...

• Word Count: 3100
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography

Chapter One ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CASTE It seems necessary at the outset to point out the specific features of the caste system, in order more clearly to bring out the difference in social structure which has always existed between Europe and Africa. The originality of the system resides i...

• Word Count: 5359
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate